December 6, 2004

Monday's race

Story is done. Finished at 8:15 a.m. I rose at 4:00 a.m. after about four hours of sleep. I wrote 13 pages in that time. Amazing.

It's rainy out there today. And I'm feeling a little itchy. On Saturday night, I went to Kay's place for a tree-trimming party. I was sharing a chair with Lim Jia and noticed that the insides of her elbows looked familiar. "Eczema?" I asked. Turns out she suffers from it pretty badly. I was just telling her how I began the semester with a pretty bad case but that the rest of the term has been fine. Sunday morning, I get up and the first red patches appeared. I couldn't believe my luck. Eczema is not contagious, so I suppose it's psychological. I hadn't thought about it in a long time, and I suppose being aware of it and the horrible lack of sleep I'm experiencing have made it reasonably plausible for the eczema to surface.

This morning - I'm definitely getting patches of red, flaking skin on the insides of most of my joints. Perfect. The color will go really well with the season's shades.

I suspect tonight will be another long one. Or a very early morning tomorrow. Tuesday night - I've promised myself I'll have a full night's rest.

Posted by Monoceros at December 6, 2004 10:46 AM
Comments

Ooh, do take care! But at least you got the story done! Well done!

Posted by: dsd at December 6, 2004 8:05 PM

congrats on finishing up the story! and yes, do take care.

Posted by: a l at December 6, 2004 10:05 PM

yay to completion of story! and put some soothing cream to ease the itchiness... you aren't alone... :CP i've a wee patch too... have to tell myself not to scratch!

Posted by: tiggie at December 7, 2004 8:56 AM

Thanks for caring, you all. I'll get better soon, I'm sure. The anticipation of the end of semester is keeping me alive!

I've got another story to finish by this Friday and another story to revise. It ain't quite over yet, but it will be soon.

Posted by: monoceros at December 7, 2004 5:20 PM

no wonder you sounded tired when you called about making copies.

sleep more!

Posted by: noob at December 7, 2004 9:57 PM

Take an extra Vit.C and EPO and get some cream over the affected area.

Posted by: iheng at December 8, 2004 4:59 AM